qwerty keyboards

I am thinking to change from qwerty to dvorak, mainly because of some RSI problems i have currently.
Should i do it /prog/?
Is it worth it?

Go bother /comp/ with your shitty questions.

>>2
I dont think these game morans would ever advice me to get anything else other than qwerty.
I'm asking here because i want a programming keyboard that does not fuck up my hands/wrists.

Dvorak won't help you. Go to a doctor.

wank less

Yes definitely. I did that and now my wrists feel so much better. You may want to try the Programmer's Dvorak http://www.kaufmann.no/roland/dvorak/

>>6
OP here, that looks like a mess if i wanted to type char buf[123] = {...}
Ill try the dvorak one, hope it'll fix some things

>>4
I went, he adviced me to avoid keyboards for 6 months (!!!)
That's impossible for me.

wtf is RSI?

i don't get people who claim its faster to use dvorak, i think that's a matter of opinion

if you use something long enough, you will be faster with it, and since qwerty is everywhere, i don't see a reason to become accustomed to something you'll only find in the presence of lonely nerds

>>8
Repetitive strain injury

>>8
i dont care if it is faster or slower.
I only care about my hands.

What language do you program in, mostly?

>>11
C

Colemak > Dvorak >>> Qwerty

Qwerty has all frequently used keys spread across the keyboard to prevent typewriters from hanging. Dvorak is made in a much more logical manner, and Colemak is like Dvorak but improved a bit.

That said, I use Dvorak because switching from Dvorak to Colemak is not worth it and Dvorak is available almost everywhere.

>>7
Do it, faggot. I can't believe you think moving a few keys around is going to help you more than actually giving yourself time to heal then fixing your technique.

I need a way of entering parens without having to press mod keys.

What you need is a programming secretary. She'll type all your programs up for you as you dictate them. Also, blowjobs.

>>15
Map [ and ] keys to ( and ). Problem solved.

>>6
The problem with that one is that it's clearly designed for Norwegians. How often do English-speaking people use Å or Ø?
I personally use ç or µ far more often, though I guess neither of those is on regular Dvorak either.

>>8
i don't get people who claim its faster to use dvorak, i think that's a matter of opinion
This sentence boggles the mind.
Whether something is faster than something else isn't a matter of opinion. There have been plenty of studies which show Dvorak is faster than Qwerty.
It's not particularly hard to check. When someone has used Qwerty for years, and then switches to Dvorak, and after he's gotten used to it he's faster with Dvorak than he was with Qwerty, I think that speaks for itself.

>>10
Speech recognition software. Much, much slower, but much easier on the hands.

Have you tried those gel-based wrist rests?

>>19
You aren't supposed to be resting your wrists.

>>1
DVORAK is AIDS; sure, you might be able to increase your typing speed after 20 years, but you won't be able to do anything except write gay fanfiction since all programs have their keys mapped to QWERTY.

>>18
Which studies? Do fast typists show the same degree of improvement, or could technique improvement be a factor?

>>18
Whether something is faster than something else isn't a matter of opinion.
Only on /prog/.

I am an EXPERT TYPIST and I recommend dvorak

>>1

The answers are here:
http://dvzine.org/zine/01-toc.html

>>24
What's that I see? A completely unbiased rant from someone who didn't drink any Kool-Aid at all?

>>25
Kool-Aid is awesome, man, step off.

>>25

Yeah, I have to back the giant pitcher pedophile on this one.

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